SUBTERRANEAN NIGHTMARE - AMERICANA SOFTWARE LTD

Date: 10 April 1986

Despite international opposition, the nuclear test took place under the
Nevada desert. Results were satisfactory and everything went as planned.

Date: 26 January 1991

Unusual seismic disturbances have been detected in the Nevada desert
area. These may have something to do with our nuclear test of 1986,
though what is not known. Our top scientist Professor Fusion have been
sent to investigate.

Prof. Fusion's Story

As I strode out into the desert I could not help feeling a little bit
apprehensive. The recent seismic disturbances had everyone baffled, so it
was with caution that I tested the ground with my geiger counter, even
though I knew my insulating suit would protect me from any harmful
radiation.

I was just thinking that the readings were unusually high when I felt an
unearthly tremor, the ground beneath my feet began to quake terribly,
and, horrified, I felt my helpless body slipping downward...

... The next thing I know I am lying on my back in a huge cavern, the
desert surface far above me. As I stand up, my eyes accustom themselves
to the darkness and I realise the extent of my nightmare.

Hideous creatures surround me, their limbs and features cruelly mutated
by radiation. Slimy fingers and dripping fangs reach out to clutch at
me from the darkness, but I slip out of their grip just in time.

Desperately I search the subterranean tunnels, but I find only RADIUM
CRYSTALS, deposited here all those five years ago. However, as I gather
them, secret doorways open, exits appear where before there were none. I
make my way downward, through underwater lakes, forgotten tombs, into
crypts where no dust has stirred for aeons, and even to the depths of
the UNDERWORLD itself. As I creep stealthily, avoiding the terrible
mutations, a vision beyond my worst nightmares unfolds before my weary
eyes. A huge subterranean complex, built by these mutants with a
technology that far surpasses our own. As I clamber through the shiny
metal corridors I see missiles, that the mutants are preparing to launch
to the surface, in revenge for what we did to them.

Desperately I search, scramble, crawl, climb and leap. I must warn the
world of this terrible danger. I must, somehow, escape from this

SUBTERRANEAN NIGHTMARE!!!

The Controls

    O - LEFT
    P - RIGHT
    Z - JUMP
    W - SUICIDE
    E - ABORT
    S - SAVE
Enter - LOAD

Mutants aren't always deadly to the Prof! They can even be used to his
advantage, if he is careful to jump on their heads to help him up to
higher ledges, some will carry him quite willingly, but they must all be
approached with the utmost caution. To save a game start the tape
recording and press 'S'. To load a pre-saved position press 'ENTER' and
start the tape in the appropriate position. Once a new game position has
been loaded the game will always start there.

Loading Instructions

Cassette: Type LOAD"" and press ENTER. Press PLAY on the cassette
recorder.

© 1986 AMERICANA Software, Unit 10, The Parkway Industrial Centre,
Heneage Street, Birmingham B7 4LY.
